Reporte #139
How cities can fight climate change most effectively
MIT News – Engineering
Energy-efficient construction is key to lowering urban emissions, study finds.
Engenheiros suíços criam estrutura ultrafina de betão armado com células fotovoltaicas integradas
Engenharia Civil
Uma equipa de investigadores da ETH Zurich divulgou imagens do primeiro protótipo resultante da aplicação de métodos construtivos inovadores destinados à execução de estruturas curvas, ultrafinas, de betão armado. A estrutura de cobertura construída naquela universidade suíça, integra igualmente, no seu extradorso, uma fina película de células fotovoltaicas, que permite a produção de eletricidade.
MIT students fortify concrete by adding recycled plastic
MIT News – Engineering
Adding bits of irradiated plastic water bottles could cut cement industry’s carbon emissions.
Artificial Intelligence Beats CAPTCHA
IEEE Spectrum Recent Content
Artificial intelligence software can beat the world’s most widely used test of a machine’s ability to act human, Google’s reCAPTCHA, by copying how human vision works, a new study finds.
Material could bring optical communication onto silicon chips
MIT News – Engineering
Ultrathin films of a semiconductor that emits and detects light can be stacked on top of silicon wafers.
Ocean sound waves may reveal location of incoming objects
MIT News – Engineering
New acoustic analysis could pinpoint impacts by meteorites or possibly plane debris.
Superaccurate GPS Coming to Smartphones in 2018
IEEE Spectrum Recent Content
We’ve all been there. You’re driving down the highway, just as your navigation app instructed, when Siri tells you to “proceed east for one-half mile, then merge onto the highway.” But you’re already on the highway. After a moment of confusion and perhaps some rude words about Siri and her extended AI family, you realize the problem: Your GPS isn’t accurate enough for your navigation app to tell if you’re on the highway or on the road beside it.
Why Human-Controlled, Force-Multiplying Robots Are the Future of Work on Earth
IEEE Spectrum Recent Content
When most people think of robots, they picture an R2-D2-like droid, providing critical information to assist humans and courageously rescuing them from dangerous situations. While we are, in my view, decades away from having robots that can function like a “Star Wars” character due to the limitations of artificial intelligence, a new class of robots that are mobile, dexterous, and capable across multiple operational regimes will soon be available to augment human performance.
Problems in Big Data: Understanding Cities through Data Analytics and Embedded Systems
IEEE Spectrum Recent Content
Urbanization is one of the great challenges and opportunities of this century, inextricably tied to global challenges ranging from climate change to sustainable use of energy and natural resources, and from personal health and safety to accelerating innovation and education.
Workshop brings distinguished women to MIT to explore careers in academia
MIT News – Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering Rising Stars Workshop offers researchers opportunities for networking, career advice, and sharing research results.